[Confidential Until Release Tuesday A. M., January 23]

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A STUDY OF THE
POSSIBILITIES OF BETTER MOBILIZING
THE NATIONAL RESOURCES OF
THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 23, 1945

PART I.-SURVEY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Printed for the use of the Committee on Military Affairs

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1945

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Letter of transmittal__

CONTENTS

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Part I-SURVEY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Section A. Survey procedure....

Section B. Agency reports___

Departments:

1. Department of Agriculture__

2. Department of Commerce-General..

2a. National Bureau of Standards__

2b. Civil Aeronautics Administration_

2c. Weather Bureau..

2d. Bureau of Census__

2e. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

2f. National Inventors Council.

3. Reconstruction Finance Corporation subsidiaries_

3a. Defense Supplies Corporation.

3b. Defense Plant Corporation.

3c. Metals Reserve Company-

3d. Rubber Reserve Company.

4. Department of the Interior-General_

4a. Bureau of Reclamation.

4b. Geodetic Survey-

4c. Bureau of Mines--

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8. Federal Communications Commission_

9. Federal Security Agency-

9a. Public Health Service.

9b. Food and Drug Administration_

10. Federal Works Agency: Public Roads Administration.

11. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics..

12. National Housing Agency.

13. Smithsonian Institution: Astrophysical Observatory.

14. Tennessee Valley Authority.

15. United States Maritime Commission.

Emergency war agencies:

16. Foreign Economic Administration...

16a. Rubber Development Corporation..

16b. Cargoes, Inc....

18. Office of Scientific Research and Development_

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17. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

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19. War Production Board: Office of Production Research and De-

velopment..

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